
Deep-Dish Ham Pie
"This pie is a delicious way to use up leftover ham," suggests Lucinda Walker of Somerset, Pennsylvania.

Meat Shell Potato Pie
Guests always comment on the presentation and flavor of this delightfully different dish. —Julie Sterchi, Flora, Illinois
Country-Fried Steak
Country Fried Steak is a favorite of field editor Betty Claycomb and her husband, Harold, who live in Alverton, Pennsylvania....
Oven Chicken Fingers
Baked chicken tenders are golden strips of breaded chicken with two tempting sauces for dipping. —Mary Peterson, Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Hard-Boiled Egg Casserole
Make sure to include this easy dish on your menu—it’s a great way to use up leftover hard-cooked eggs. My...

Apple Cream Coffee Cake
This tried-and-true recipe is from my grandmother's collection, and it remains my favorite today. This cake tastes wonderful—the apple filling...

Sauerkraut Hot Dish
We often serve this hearty dish at family gatherings, and the men especially seem to enjoy it. My sister gave...

Old-Fashioned Corn Pudding
It's amazing to know that this corn pudding originally appeared in a Kansas cookbook dated 1854! This time-tested recipe is...

Easy Apple Dumplings
This nostalgic recipe for easy apple dumplings serves up sweet, tender apples in a golden-brown pie crust, baked in a...

Green Garden Salad
"THE SECRET of any salad is the dressing, and in this dressing the ingredient that makes the difference is red...

Frozen Fruit and Nut Salad
For a cool treat, I serve this frozen salad. The fruit is so flavorful and is so easy to whip...

Banana Bundt Cake
This absolutely scrumptious banana Bundt cake needs no icing, just a dusting of confectioners' sugar. Even though the recipe has...

Glazed Beets
My grandmother used this recipe to get us little vegetable haters to eat our beets! Her special dish made beets...
Cobre Valley Casserole
We live in southeastern Arizona, in a part of the state known as the Cobre Valley. Cobre is Spanish for...
Poor Man’s Steak
"ON A PASTOR'S BUDGET and with seven children, we didn't have steak very often. But we were just as satisfied...

Baked Applesauce
ONCE YOU TASTE this applesauce, you won't want the tore-bought variety anymore. Baking the apples locks in their delicious flavor!...


Salisbury Steak
Salisbury steak makes an easy, cozy weeknight dinner. One whiff of the rich ground beef and savory mushroom sauce will...
Fruit Cocktail Cake with Butter Sauce
MY FAMILY doesn't care for fruitcake, but we like this modified version. It's similar to a date-nut bread and we...
Cinnamon Apple Dumplings
WHEN Mom made pies to feed the crew during wheat harvest, she always had plenty of dough left over, so...

Skillet Squash and Potatoes
MY NIECE suggested I try cooking squash and potatoes together. I found that potatoes really do enhance the flavor of...
Pepper Steak for 2
I CAME ACROSS this recipe more than 40 years ago as a newlywed. It eventually became a standby in our...

Pineapple Rice Pudding
This wonderful old recipe for pineapple rice pudding was a treat during the Depression. We didn't have dairy topping in...

Grandma’s Hickory Nut Cake
This hickory nut cake recipe is more than a recipe to us—it's a family tradition, three generations old. The frosting's...
Gone-All-Day Stew
This healthy, hearty stew is one of my husband's favorite meals. I always use fresh mushrooms and low-sodium bouillon granules....
Stovetop Apple Butter
The taste of homemade apple butter is worth the time it takes to make this delectable spread. My dad's family...

Icebox Rolls
I remember my mom making these rolls almost every Saturday so they'd be ready to bake on Sunday for company...
Grandma’s Pea Soup
My grandma's pea soup recipe was a family favorite. What makes it different from any other pea soups I have...
Herbed Macaroni and Cheese
Besides being a really easy recipe to make, it tastes very good, too! This is not your ordinary, run-of-the-mill macaroni...

Shipwreck Stew
I got this recipe from a minister's wife, and I imagine she used it many times at church meetings and...